Is the pitch changed when you blow a conch just like it is with a trumpet?
I can only get one sound so far from mine.
 
Carol
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From: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: Conch-blowing contest at Key West
 
 
>Sponsor was the Key West Chamber of Commerce or at least that's what the
>news lady said . last years winner played "Ode to Joy" This years was "Blue
>Danube"
>This brings up a new topic , what other shells are used in music and how? I
>once saw a hollowed gourd , covered in lengths of money cowries that was
>shook.
>Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
>3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 2:52 AM
>Subject: Conch-blowing contest at Key West
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>>If anyone is still opening my messages, can someone tell me who
>>sponsored that neat conch-blowing contest at Key West this week??  The
>>winner was the one who could play their shell the best, and from the
>>sounds of it they could have formed their own orchestra - we're talking
>>Real Music here, o my people!!
>>Captivated in Canada,
>>Ross M.
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